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Catalonia is holding it's own referendum shortly, which they're expecting to win (whether they do is another issue). That the referendum has no legal status means that it's going to function as a glorified opinion poll, so it's likely to generate a Yes vote I'd have thought. The issue with Catalonia is different in that they're the powerhouse of Spain. It would be more akin to London and South East voting to the leave the UK. Basque is more equivalent to Wales

Quebec will come back but the over-riding issue there was that the vote was close (Scottish proportions) and that the government is currently more acceptable to Quebec than Canadian traditions

Venice recently voted in another non legally binding poll to return to being a city state pre-1871

Like I said, at the start of 1900 there were something like 98 countries in the world, by the end of the century this had grown to 253 I think. If you can't see the trend then I worry for you if you think clinging onto a temporary position in a few outlying cases prove your point

All that's required is for someone to give life to decades of enmity and then for the stars to align in such a way that a popularist vote can be carried

<blockquote data-quote="Warbler" data-source="post: 2469921" data-attributes="member: 65228">Catalonia is holding it&#039;s own referendum shortly, which they&#039;re expecting to win (whether they do is another issue). That the referendum has no legal status means that it&#039;s going to function as a glorified opinion poll, so it&#039;s likely to generate a Yes vote I&#039;d have thought. The issue with Catalonia is different in that they&#039;re the powerhouse of Spain. It would be more akin to London and South East voting to the leave the UK. Basque is more equivalent to WalesQuebec will come back but the over-riding issue there was that the vote was close (Scottish proportions) and that the government is currently more acceptable to Quebec than Canadian traditionsVenice recently voted in another non legally binding poll to return to being a city state pre-1871Like I said, at the start of 1900 there were something like 98 countries in the world, by the end of the century this had grown to 253 I think. If you can&#039;t see the trend then I worry for you if you think clinging onto a temporary position in a few outlying cases prove your pointAll that&#039;s required is for someone to give life to decades of enmity and then for the stars to align in such a way that a popularist vote can be carried</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warbler, post: 2469921, member: 65228"] Catalonia is holding it's own referendum shortly, which they're expecting to win (whether they do is another issue). That the referendum has no legal status means that it's going to function as a glorified opinion poll, so it's likely to generate a Yes vote I'd have thought. The issue with Catalonia is different in that they're the powerhouse of Spain. It would be more akin to London and South East voting to the leave the UK. Basque is more equivalent to Wales Quebec will come back but the over-riding issue there was that the vote was close (Scottish proportions) and that the government is currently more acceptable to Quebec than Canadian traditions Venice recently voted in another non legally binding poll to return to being a city state pre-1871 Like I said, at the start of 1900 there were something like 98 countries in the world, by the end of the century this had grown to 253 I think. If you can't see the trend then I worry for you if you think clinging onto a temporary position in a few outlying cases prove your point All that's required is for someone to give life to decades of enmity and then for the stars to align in such a way that a popularist vote can be carried [/QUOTE]

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